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Can't stop scrolling or snacking? You're not weak-willed: Top scientist shares the startling evidence something much darker is going on beneath the surface

Why do we form bad habits? As Danish scientist Nicklas Brendborg has it, few will opt for plain vanilla ice cream if there is a bowl of it covered with caramel sauce, marshmallows and chocolate chips.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
'Utterly brilliant': the best short stories out now – Every One Still Here by Liadan Ni Chuinn, Oddbody by Rose Keating, Autocorrect: Stories by Etgar Keret

Eithne Farry reviews the best short stories out now.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Which murder mystery writer will you not find on David Nicholls's bookshelf?

This week, David Nicholls answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Picture This: Notting Hill's most famous road brought to life in pictures

Photographer Brian Jaquest captures all spectrums of life on Notting Hill’s Portobello Road – from the street performers, to market sellers, his book has it all.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Skirly Crag by Helen Percy: Chaplain who found solace with a different kind of flock

Helen Percy’s beautiful new book sheds light on life as a shepherdess and the interesting ways in which washing up liquid can be used when birthing a lamb.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Esther Freud is back in our picks for the best Literary Fiction out now: MY SISTER AND OTHER LOVERS by Esther Freud, FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi, THE GIRLS WHO GREW BIG by Leila Mottley

Stephanie Cross reviews the best literary fiction out now.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Super Stimulated by Nicklas Brendborg: The secret super stimuli behind your bad habits

Can’t stop scrolling or snacking? You’re not weak-willed, you’re being manipulated by big business, says a top scientist
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Unforgettable and impossible to resist: The best Thrillers out now: A Murder in Paris by Matthew Blake, Love, Mom by Iliana Xander, Deadline by Steph McGovern

Geoffrey Wansell reviews the best Thrillers out now.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Brilliant contemporary novels to read this summer: Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams, Food Person by Adam Roberts, The Greatest Possible Good by Ben Brooks

Sara Lawrence reviews the best contemporary novels out now.
10 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Brad Pitt requests Angelina Jolie’s private messages amid bitter legal battle

Pitt sued Jolie over the 2022 sale of her stake in their winery, Chateau Miraval, to the Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of Stoli Group.